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Inf. 0. 269.2. tab. 15. fig. 12. Schaff. Elem. tab. 27. 1. Icon. tab. 78. fiz. 3 Fab. Syft. Ent. 802. 2. ~ ——— Spec. Inf. 2. 473. The Bombylius genus is very concife. adricius in the Species Infe€torum enumerates only nine fpecies, of thofe five are found in Europe, major, medius, minor, ater and fufcus; the three former are natives of this country ; the fourth is frequent in Germany, the laft A PLATE CXLVI laft in Italy.—Too thefe Fabricius has added a few fpecies in his laft work Entomologia Syftema, which have not been defcribed before, but they are all exotics. The fpecies figured in the annexed plate is not common. It lives on the nectareous juice of flowers. Is found in May. BvGe. IT. MUSCA HYPOLEON. DIPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Eyes brown. ‘Thorax black, margined with yellow. Abdomen black, with five yellow fpots. Legs yetlow. Mufca Hypoleon.. Lin. Sy/t. Nat. Stratiomys Hypoleon. ab. Mantifa. 2. p. 347. Ne 63. This Infe@ was taken laft Auguft, flying among fome rufhes in Batterfea meadows. ‘The line at Fig. 2. denotes the natural fize. P Lhe MC? LIBRARY HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE. MA USA Bie, f / | biomes | “J Deed PiL Ave B CXLVIL GRYLLUS GRYLLOTALPA. Mo te CrIcKET. HEMIPTERA. Shells or upper wings femi-cruftaceous, not divided by a ftraight future, but incumbent on each other, beak curved down. GENERIC CHARACTER. Head maxillous, and with palpi. Antennz filiform, or taper. Wings folded. Hind legs ftrong for leaping. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Dark brown. Antennz filiform, long, fmall. Head long and. {mall. Four fhort palpi. Corfelet cylindrical, fhells {mall, veined, wings long. Body hairy. ‘Two {mall tails. Fore feet large, pal- mated. GrYLLUS GRYLLOTALPA. Linn. Syf?. Nat. 2. 693. 10. Gryllus fupra fufcus, fubtus ferrugineo flavus, pedibus anticis latis, compreffis denticulatis. De Geer. Inf. 2D. SIG Acheta gryllotaipa: alis caudatis elytro longioribus, pedibus anti- cis palmatis. Fab. Syft. Ent. 279. 1.— Sp. Inf. 11353. 91. 1. Catefby Carol. 1. tab. 8. Frifch. Inf. 11. tab. 5. Seb. Muf. 4. t. 89. fig. 3. 4- Sulz. Inf. tab. 9. fig. 59. Roef, Inf. 2. Gryll. tab. 14. 15. It R 8 PLAT wR Cxivit It is fcarcely poffible to find a more fingular creature than the Mole Cricket. It lives in burrows which it forms about an inch or more below the furface of the ground. ‘The female depofits a large bed of eggs about the fize of {mall peafe, rather of an oval form, and brownifh colour. They are laid in a circular “cavity, which is two or three inches wide, and near an inch in height. An aperture is made on one fide, with an eafy afcent to the furface of the ground, and is ingenioufly covered at the top with. loofe earth. When the young larve: are firft hatched, they fcarcely exceed the twelfth of an inch in Jengthe They afcend through the opening, and fubfift on the plants neareft their ‘habitation, till their fore claws have acquired fufficient ftrength to burrow into the earth. In the larva ftate they nearly equal the perfect Infe& in fize, and refemble it in every refpect, except that they have no wings. ‘The fhells appear firft; this is the pupa ftate, and fhortly after the mem- braneous wings appear alfo. It makes very little ufe of its wings, as they are too weak to fupport its body long; and indeed it has not much occafion for them, as it lives in the fame manner as the Mole, and, like it, is furnifhed with powerful claws, with which it can. burrow through the ground to a very confiderable diftance. This deftructive creature is generally found in great numbers wherever they once depofit their eggs; for it is impoflible to purfue and deftroy them without doing much injury to the ground they infeft. If they find a way into a kitchen-garden, they fometimes deftroy whole beds of young plants in the fpace of one night; and this is not aftonifhing, when we confider that they feldom eat any part except the roots, which they nip very clofe, and confequently the other parts muft perifh. They feem particularly fond of Let- tuces. , Fig. I. one of the fore claws. PLATE a Ieee! ot] Pak, Ay) Dk CAL MILE PHALANA POTATORIA, Drinker Mors. LEPIDOPTERA. CENERIG) CHARACTER: Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft, Fly by night. BomByx. Antenne, male feathered, female, like a briftle. SRE ChRICGE CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Yellow brown. Wings flightly {calloped; on each of the upper wings an oblique line, and two white {pots near the anterior margin. Female paler colour than the male. r Puatana Porartoria: alis reverfis fubdentatis flavis, ftriga fulva’ repandaque, punctis duobus albis.—Sy/?. Ent. 564. 28. PHAL2NA maxima alis e fulvo flavicantibus, Raj. Inf. 143. 3- Goed. Inf. 1. tab. 12. Sepp. Inf. 4. 37. tab. 8. Scheff. Icon. tab. 67. fig. 10. 11, Wilk. pap. 29. tab. 3. b. 2. B The 10 PL A‘’Y Ey GXLvilg The Caterpillars of this Infe@ feed on grafs, they are found in May, and the Moth appears about the middle of June. The female differs in feveral refpeéts from the male; it is of a buff colour, and is generally, though not always, larger. The chry- falis is black, and is enclofed in a ftrong yellowith cafe, as fhewn in -the plate. PASAT EF 2 Y MA USA. bes ane a tea oe han eae | ons re ae! =o > > ANS i wf 1719 PAU M..E, GXIBEX. ATTELABUS CURCULIONOIDES. COLEOPTERA. Wings two, covered by two fhells, divided by a longitudinal future. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz thicker towards the end. Head narrow behind. Four joints in each foot. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Shells and thorax red. Head black. ATTELABUS CURCULIONOIDES: niger thorace elytri{que rubis,— Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 619. 3. Khinomacer niger thorace elytrifque rubris, probofcide longitudine capitis. —Geof. Inf. 1. 273. 10. Curculio Nitens, Paykull. Monogr. 130. 122. Schaef. Icon. tab. 56. fig. 7. Sulz. Inf. tab. 4. fig. 12. A pair of this very fingular and rare fpecies was taken on a young nut tree in Darent Wood, Dartford, early in May,-1795. The remarkable ftruQure of it’s head deferves particular notice ; it is fhaped like a vafe, and when the InfeQt is alive is protruded Ba far 12 Pa Ay’ Bo @ckie: far beyond the thorax by it’s long flender neck. It has alfo a very bufy motion of it’s head from the right to the left when it runs: we obferve a fimilar motion in many Infets; but as few have fuch a " flender neck, it is feldom fo quick and repeated as in this. The natural fize is given in the upper part of the plate, the mag- nified appearance of the head is fhewn below. PA TE e age) PUR "Toe Bp ee Clee Pan. ek : PHALZENA MARGINATA. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. Moctua. Antennz fetaceous. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Upper wings, yellow brown, with four ftreaks of red brown acrofs each ; two circles of the fame colour in the middle; fpace next the exterior margin dark colour. L.ower wings pale brown with a {pot of black in the center, and band of black next the pofterior edge. Noctua Marcinara: Criftata, alis deflexis flavefcentibus, {trigis ferrugineis poftice fufcus. Fabricius Spec. Inf. 2. 230. 108.—Mant. Inf. 2. p. 166. 1. 209. CTahellar, ers, 11. Heft, p. 41. n. 59. Noctua rutilago criftata, alis deflexis flavis, ferrugineo ftrigofis fafciaque poftica fufca; pofticis pallidis limbo nigro. Berliner. Wag. 3. Gtuct, p. 294. n. 41. Phalena Umbra. Die Ziniwnetmotte, Gelenius Gandh, p. 162. %.77. Phal. No. Umbra. Die Zim: nietinotte. De Virtrersent. Linn. 2. p. 258. 1, 280. Phal. Noctua Marginata. la Bordure. Phalana Marginata. Klemann’s. Gntecten Geichithte, we. Rurnberg; 1792. Vol. 2. pi. 7. fig. 6.7.8. ‘The i4 Po Al Tee ele The Synonyms of this rare Infect have been more minutely col leGted, than is common in the defcriptions of this work, as it has ” been generally confidered an undefcribed fpecies. Mr. Crow, of Feverfham, who has enriched the colle LG [ain A PL APE" -CEr. FIG. 1. MUSCA BRASSICARIA. CYLINDRICAL FLy. DIPTERA. Wings 2. GENERIC CHARACTER. A foft flexible Trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No Palpi. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. - Thorax greenifh. Abdomen cylindrical; fecond and third Seg- ment reddifh yellow. Musca BrassicariA: antennis fetariis nigra, abdomine cylindrico: fegmento fecundo tertioque rufis. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 36. 443.—Sy/te Ent. 25. p.88.—Mant. Inf. 1. 2. 43. 345-—Lnt. Sy. 4. 327. 63. Mufca cylindrica: Antennis fetariis pilofa cinereo nigra, abdomine cylindrico elongato medio rufo. Degeer. Inf. 6. n. Q. p. 30. tab. I. fig. 12. Muuche cylindrique. bide Die Kohlfliege. Panz. Faun: Inf. Germ. Cc The 18 PLA Til pCEE The Mufcz, if we follow the arrangement of Linnzus, form by far the moft extenfive of any genus (except Lepidoptera) we have at prefent any knowledge of. Fabricius enumerates in his laft * Work no lefs than 202 Species, under the generic title Mu/ca ; independent of thefe we find 122, under the head Syrphus ; 22 under Khagio, and 25 under Stratiomys, all of which (with fome exceptions) would make by Linnean arrangement 349 fpecies ; not to notice the Infects of _ the fame tribe included under his generic appellations, anthrax, bibio, nemotelus, &c. Mufca Brafficaria is not uncommon in gardens in May and June. Sometimes found on Willows. Fig. 1. One of the Antenne magnified. * Syft. Ent, bl P L A T E CLL 19 FoI Grits APIS TUMULORUM:. SMALL, LONG HORNED BEks. HYMENOPTERA. Wings four, generally membraneous. Tail of the female armed with a fting. | GENERIC CHARACTER. Jaws, with a Trunk bent downwards. Antennz elbowed in the middle. Wings plain. Body hairy, Abdomen connected by a pedicle, SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Antennz rather longer than the body. Entirely black, with greyith hairs. Jaws yellow. Apis TumuLorumM. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2+ 953. 2. edit. 3.—En. Sv. 1685. Apis Tumulorum: Antennis filiformibus longitudine corporis nigri, maxillis flavis. Fab. Sy. Ent. 388. 57.—Spec. Inf 1. 486. 122. Eucera Tumulorum, vol. 2. 344+ 159s Sulz, Hit. Inf. tab. 27. fig. 14. This extraordinary Bee is found in Summer, againft banks, when the weather is fine. Were it not for the remarkable length of the Antennz, it would fearcely deferve notice, though it is rather a {carce Infed. C4 FIG. ae i tc at 4 \ f q > tani a had Ole ’ vresy ie ; +, af tay pote! 4: yy Pe AVE ECL 2% FIG. III. TABANUS PLUVIALIS. SPECKLED-WING. STINGING FLy. DIPTERA, Wings 2. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz conic, of four Segments. ‘Trunk flefhy, terminated by two lips. Palpi one on each fide of the Trunk. . SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Eyes green. Thorax brown grey, with feven longitudinal lines. Abdomen grey with marks of black. Wings brown fpeckled with, white. Tazanus Pruviais. Lin, Sy/t. Nat. 16. p. 1001. edit. 13. n. 16. p- 2885.— Fn. Sv, n. 1887. Tabanus Pluvialis : Oculis fafciis quaternis undatis, alis fufco punc tatis. Fab. Sy/t. Ent. n. 16. p. 790.—Spec. Inf. 2. 2. 23. p. 459.—Mant. Inf. 2. n. 26. p. 356.—Ent. Syft. vol. 4. p. 369. 134. 32. Tabanus fufcus, alis cinereis, punétis numerofiffimis albis. Geoff: TE 2). 720 Sa) PaO. Le Taon a ailes brunes piquées de blanc. Geoff. Inf. Die Regenbreme. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. Reaum. Inf. 4. tab. 18. fig. I. Farris Inf. angl. tab. 7. fig. 8. C2 Sap. 22 Pim AT EV Crk Scop. carn. n. 1012. Schrank. Inf. aufir. n. 978. Schaffer. Icon. Inf. Ratifoon. tab. 85. fig. 8. 9. During all the Summer months we find this tormenting little Infeét in great abundance, in the narrow lanes and {kirts of woods, If it fettles on the hands, face, or legs, its fting is very acute, and excites an inflammation and {welling in the ftung-part, very fimilar to that we experience from the fting of the Zabanus cacutiens, dee fcribed in Plate 131, of this Work. Its fting is moft violent about the middle of the day, PELPA LT Ee CEE 23 FeliGe, lve MUSCA BOMBYLANS, DIpTerRa. Musca. SPECIFIC) CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Antennz feathered. Black and hairy ; extremity of the Abdomen yellow. Musca Bomsytans. Lin. Syft. Nat. 25. p. 983.—Ln. Sv. n. 1792. Syrphus bombylans: Antennis plumatis tomentofus niger, abdomine pottice rufo.—Fab. Sy. Ent. n. 1. p. 762.—Spec. Inf. 2. 1. p. 421.—Mantiffa Inf. 2. 1. p. 334.— Ent. Syft. 4. p. 279. 23,2. Conops pocopyges. Pod. Muf. grec. n. Die hummelartige Schwebfliege. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. FHlarris. Inf. angl. tab. 10. fig. 3. ‘This is a common Fly ; and is found in woods in May. A figure of one of the Antenna is given at Fig. 4. C4 FIG. Lo) MAD eat lit cheat dae eee aa ae PL ATE) CLI 25 Be Gv MUSCA TRILINEATA. TRILINEATED FLy. DIPTERA. Musca. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Yellow green. Three longitudinal black lines on the Thorax. Abdomen marked with black. Two teeth on the fcutellum. Musca TRILINEATA: Antennis filatis clavatis, fcutello bidentato, corpore viridi, thorace lineis abdomineque faciis nigris. Lin. Sy/?. Nat. n. 6. p. 980. edit. 13. n. 6. p- 235: Stratiomys trilineata: Scutello bidentato, corpore viridi, thorace lineis abdomineque faciis nigris. Fab. Syft. Ent. n. 7. pe 460.—Spec. Inf. 2. 9. p. 418.—Mantiffa. Inf. 2. 14. p- 331. Stratiomys luteo-virefcens. Geoff. Paris. T. 2. n. 7. p. 482. Stratyomys fafciata. Fourcroy. Ent. Paris. 2. 7. p. 468. Griine Waftenfliege. Dreygeftreifte Waffenfliege. La Mouche-armée jaune a bandes noires. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. A very curious and fcarce fpecies. It was found among fome elder leaves which were gathered in Batterfea Meadows, early in June, 1795. When 26 Pom AT EE! OLR. When this Infect is alive the yellow colour of the body is exe ceedingly bright, and partakes fomewhat of a metallic and green hue in feveral parts, but this brilliant appearance gradually fades after death. The line denotes the natural fize, it being neceflary to give a magnified figure of fuch a minute Infect. PLATE oe ae Se anes morst: Gr Sere Hh Mn den PATEL. 2 MCZ LIBRARY ym 12 ey é UNIVERSETY | CAMBRIDGE. MA USA cs [27] PLATE CLI. PHALZNA AESCULI. Woop AO eARD Moru. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. ' SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings white, with many dark blue round Ipate: Six {pots on the Thorax. PHaLana AESCULI elinguis levis nivea, antennis thorace brevio- ribus, alis punctis numerofis coeruleo nigris, thorace fenis. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 833. 83.—Fn. Sv. 1150. Bombyx Aefculi, Mant. Inf. 2. 116. 85. Hepialus Acfculi. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 208. 146. 4. Coffus Aefculi. Wien. Verzeichn. tab. tit. pref. AGta Soc. Beral. phys. 3s fabs Ts fiz. 2% Pod. Inf. 88. 16. Wood Leopard Moth. Harris Inf. angi. It is to a very fingular and trivial circumftance we are indebted for the {pecimens of both the male and female of this rare fpecies. ‘They were obferved together on the bark of an elm tree in the Mall in St. James’s Park, by fome ignorant perfons, who being terrified at their fp oeorinasy appearance, attempted to deftroy them, but a gentleman 28 Pow A Wee eI gentleman who happened to pafs by at the fame inftant, having either more curiofity or lefs apprehenfion of danger from touching them, took them up, and preferved them. We conclude they could have but juft before come out of their chryfalides, the female being in a moft perfect ftate, and the male equally fine, except that it had loft one of its upper wings. We mutt claim the indulgence of the more fcientific part of our readers for the minutenefs with which we have detailed fuch trifling circumftances ; it can indéed afford very little amufement to them, but, it may ferve to remind many who are not in the habit of col- leGting InfeCts, that their occafional endeavours would be likely to extend the Science of Entomology ; for it often happens that the moft affiduous Naturalifts are indebted to fuch perfons for the rareft f{pecimens their cabinets can boatt. The Moths were found late in June. On examining the crevices of fome of the trees near the fpot, we found a quantity of the eggs ; they were rather of an oval form, and linked together like a chain, as {hewn in the Plate; and having carefully preferved them in a branch of a plumb-tree * under the bark, we had the fatisfaction to fee fome young Caterpillars produced ina few weeks. But either owing to the want of proper food or good management they all died foon after except two or three, and thefe never arrived at their full fize. The Caterpillar from which the Figure in the annexed is copied, was found under the bark of one of the elm-trees in St. James’s Park, but being difturbed, it never became a Pupa. ‘The Caterpillar makes a cafe, of the duft of the wood which it gnaws, and cements together, and in this it lies concealed beneath the bark. The head of the Caterpillar is hard, and the firft ring is furnifhed with a ftrong horny fubftance. Harris, about twenty years ago, was fo fortunate as to breed this Moth from the Caterpillar, and we are not acquainted with any * J frequently find, when the Plant of an Infect is unknown, that they will live on the Plumb-tree, when they refufe other food. fimilar Pye A AME Cry: 29 fimilar inftance fince that time. -In the Plates of Roefel, vol. 4, a Figure of the Caterpillar is given, but without either Pupa or Moth, fo that were it not for the reference and authority of Linnzus, and fince his time, of Fabricius, it would fcarcely be known to what Infe& it belonged. ‘The eggs we have not found either figured or defcribed, though they are fo very fingularly united together, and would certainly have been noticed by the ingenious Roefel if he had met with them, The Antennz of the female are fetaceous, or like a briftle, but that part of the male is both fingular and beautiful; it is elegantly feathered next the bafe, and terminates in a briftle, like the female. PLATE if ee FED MG? WTRARY CAMBRIDGE. MA USA 156 PLAT BCU BiG. Ub PHALHENA EUPHORBIATA. SMALLEST QuakER Morn. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. GEOMETRA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Entirely brownith grey without fpots. PHaLtana EvpHorpiaTA: feticornis alis fufco cinereis immacu- latis. Fab. Mantf. 2. p. 209. n. 202. Ent. Syf. Tera. 0p: 2» TOF 240: De Vitters Ent. Lin. T. 4. p. 509. De /’Euphorbe. Hubners Beitr. 1. B. 2. Th. p. 15. Ph. G. unicolorata. Tab. 3. fig. Wee. 4. Uh. pant 2, ia Langs Berz. p. 189. n. 1361. 62. Ph. G. unicolorata. Der Klein- grave Nachtfalter. Berlin. Meme. 4. Th. p. 524.n. 44. Ph. fa ie Der Sperling. Der Wolfsmilchfpanner. Klem. Inf. Suppl. T. 2. Tab. 24. fig, 1. Wien. Verz. 116. 9. Hybn. Beytr. 2. tab. 3. fig. L. I This 32 PLATE CLI. This is not an uncommon Moth in fome places, yet we find no figure of it in any work on Britifh Infeéts. In the work of Kle- mann, quoted in the Synonyms, a figure of it is given without the Larva; from this we may fafely infer it is feldom found in that ftate, or that indefatigable writer would certainly have added it to his Plate. It is fuppofed to feed on fome plant of the Euphorbia genus, and hence the fpecific names fufcata and unicolorata have been abandoned. The Moth was found late in May. FIG. bast PUG.) Ib I, Vv. PHALZNA UDDMANNIANA. CuesnuT spot Morn. LEPIDOPTERA. PHALANA. Tortrix. Lin. Pyralis. Fab. "SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings greyifh brown. An angular fhaped chefnut coloured {pot on the pofterior margin of the firft pair. Torrrix UpDMANNIANA: alis cinereis: macula brunnea com- ‘muni tranfverfa. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 880. 320.— Fn. Sv, 1332. Pyralis Uddmanniana. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. ps 279. ne 22.—Mant. Inf. 2. p. 228. 0. 35. Wiener Verz. p. 130. Fam. D. grave Blattwiftler (Ph. Tortrices ' cinerez) &c. /’Uddmann. de VILLERS ent. Der himbeer unkler. Kleman. Inf. Suppl. Tab. 24. De Prunner larv. d’Eur. p. 35. Dortrix Uddmanniana. This is much rarer than the preceding {pecies, and is alfo a far more beautiful Infect. We have never found it except about the D hazel / 34 (Pil) ACO GE (CL: hazel nut trees in Coombe Wood, Surry, though it may, no doubt, be met with wherever thefe trees are found in abundance. Is found in Germany. The Caterpillar changed to Chryfalis in May. Moth appeared In July, FIG. Ph Ape) Cum. : 35 BOGa Ve PHALAENA CARNELLA. ° Rose COLOURED VANEAR. LEPIDOPTERA. PHALANA. Tinea. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Upper Wings rofe colour, anterior margin whitifh, pofterior yellowifh. Lower Wings pale. Tinea Carnevta: alis anticis flavis: lateribus fanguineis. Lix, Syft. Nat. 2.887. 353.—Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 293. 21- Ent. Syft. 3. Pars. 2. 296. 41. Wren. ver%. 138. 13. Schaef. Icon. tab. 147. 2- 3 Sulx. Hift. Inf. tab. 23. fig. 12. Purple Vanear ? Harris. Inf. ‘The Larva of this rare and elegant Infe@& is wholly unknown to Collectors of Britifh Infe&ts. "The Moths were formerly taken at the Chalk-pits, near Charton, in Kent, but either the brood has been deftroyed, or the feafons fo unfavourable, that few, if any, have been feen for feveral years. ‘The Moth comes forth in May, and, like other fpecies of the fame tribe, fly very low, and always fettle on the blades of grafs, with their Wings folded, fo that Collectors can readily diftinguifh them from other Moths. I PLATE via 7 Vika os Pee | AMR AT rae i saan? nd ” AYO ARID yn Ana = Cea wo “2 Og Le hofiog iti a nignnan nia fig. 2. Fiydrocantharis noftras. Raj. Inf. 93. 1. Mouff. Inf, 164. Lift. Mut. tab. 5. fig. 42. Sulz. Hift. Inf. tab. 6. fig. 42. Roef. Inf. 2. Aquat. t. tab, i. Scheeff. Ican. tab. 8. fig. 7+ 8. Dytifcus femiftriatus fufcus, elytris fulcis dimidiatis decem. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 665. 8.—-Fu, Sv. 772+ | G 3 The 62 PLEA ee ACCENT. The transformation of any infect from one {tate to another is both curious and entertaining to an enlightened obferver ; yet there are a few fpecies whofe manners are fo peculiar, and their changes fo aftonifhing, that they feem to demand more than ordinary attention ; and of this defcription we confider the fubje&t of the annexed plate. If we fpeak of it as to its manners collectively, one peculiarity im- plies a contradiGtion of the other, for itis an aquatic, a terreftrial, and an aerial creature. Few infects that inhabit the water, in the perfect ftate ever quit it; and the generality of thofe whofe larve live in that element could exift for a few minutes only in it, after they become winged infects; this is particularly noticed of the Libel- lule, Phryganee, Ephemera, Tipula, and an immenfe croud of other infe@is that are bred in the water ; but it appears this infe@ in the larva ftate can leaye the water without injury, and in the laft ftate, though a winged creature, it lives for the moft part in the water, and guits it only in the evenings; or when the pool dries up, it ufes its wings in fearch of another. In the larva ftate it isnot lefs remarkable for its favage difpofition, than its formidable appearance. ‘The whole body is covered with a hard thell, or coat of mail, and the head is armed with two long, femi- circular, fharp-pointed forceps. It is very alert in the water, and when it takes its prey, which confifts of fmaller aquatic infects, it plunges thefe weapons into them, and through a minute aperture, at the extremity, it extracts all their juices. When the time arrives in which it is to become a pupa, it leaves the water and forms a cavity jut below the furface of the earth of an oval form: how long it re- mains in this cavity in the pupa {tate isuncertain. ‘The beetle comes forth in May. Much doubt has arofe re{pecting the female of this fpecies; Lin- nzus, in the Syftema’ Naturz, defcribed the fuppofed female as B Dyfticus Semiftriatus. Fabricius, in the Species Infectorum, adds a Jong lift of fynonyms from different entomological writers, feveral of whom had figured or defcribed it as a diftina {pecies before the time of Linnzus, and fome fubfequent authors have held the fame opinion ; but i in the laft work, Entomologia Syflemay. Fabricius confiders it to be the PLA Ey CLE. 63 the female, and includes enly a few of his former references. Upon the firft view of thefe opinions the point feems undetermined ; and though we partly affent to the opinion of the laft writer, we mutt endeavour to be entirely fatisfied, before we give a figure of Dytifcus Semiftriatus. The upper fide of this infe& is generally defcribed black ; this is not the colour in living fpecimens : it is of a fine glofly black-green, and the marginal colour brighter than in thofe that have been dead fome time. The greenifh hue on the back feldom entirely difappears. The fore feet of this beetle have an appendage of a very fingular ftruture ; it is nearly round, flat beneath, and has in the middle two remarkable circular cavities, with many others more minute: it is fuppofed, that through minute apertures in thefe cavities it can emit a kind of oily fluid; or that, by their affiftance, it can collect air ~ bubbles, to raife itfelf from the deep parts of the water to the fur- face, in an inftant. The larva of the Mufca Chamzlion, which lives in the water, collects the air in a bubble within the rays of its et, and thereby raifes itfelf to the furface in like manner. Pig. t. Whe egos.) Bic. 2, ‘The larva. Bic. 3.) Ehe pupa. Cy OP A he ~ igs gel ele ae a eee vd ti wanagn i ab hat sii Sloat at if he any = Rian oft f 8 va cael LES vbr ah ni Fadi 12 iia ive, a. al anahogh ual beth jut i's Si 6 bat hoe a oflon ae’ ne re) ifts, vigil) a: ae 0 poi wi bite baile ay ‘gts, 02. conan, oT ’ ating: gash ‘Sift: tao {i Side oN aolddud - earil doidwe .nevitenpenct’> ey Visit Yo trish od T- tasiiné ee ni oat Voie oe iy ei Ww eyat offs cashing siddud maui ait ofl}, ghallos aalbw ott ni Cs eae AUELARELI pail ni vain oe 9} ils bi eahiter geead a Be Vvaht ea Yat a. Po A Ba’: 14 ‘ re * yegs oo ae, ny sak tel 4 iy i Nee | nvigi dv Ba aggo aT tb ait ue) Nan i a) ¥ 3 : Pings Vig : } : a . ; ; 2 Yi i s - a i Oned iarary. |, / PRVASD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE. ‘MA USA [eg 4 PL A hee Che. Bol Goa a. LEPISMA POLYPODA. APTERA. od No Wings. GENERIC CHARACTER. Legs fix, broad and fcaly at their origin. Palpi two, moveable, Antenna filiform. Tailsthree. Body fcaly. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. — Grey, brown, black intermixed ; a very high protuberance on the - back. Three tails. LeprisMa PoLypopA: faltatoria, cauda triplici, abdominis feg- mentis fubtus utrinque villofis. (Fab. Spee, Inf. 1. 280. 2. Lepifma polypoda {cutata, cauda triplici. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 1012. 2 Forticina teres faltatrix. Geoff. Inf. 2. 614. 2. Lepifma {quamofa faltatoria, fetis caudz tribus intermedia majore, Straem. AG. Hafn. 9. 575+ tab. 0 Fig. 1. The natural fize. Fig, 2. Magnified, This is a very rare and curious fpecies ; it was found amongft fome loofe ftones, in a damp fituation, July, 1796, PLATE ee roe 8 iA We sik a dy pitt ‘ies ents chiaieg s sani Ny as yo xisdnilet aS at ent tet wawe th pred anioiia bei gant 1 ase B é et oe ale aoiagyit aqua 6, | ool : . /MOZ LIBRARY BARVAD UMIYERSETY ~~ Mitte hae 165 Loa fo A TB Crit, PHALENA DISPAR. Girsty Morus. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at refit. Fly by night. | Bombyx. SPECTFRG CHARACTER AND SN ONTM §: Female, yellowith white with dark tranf{verfe zigzac lines acrofs the upper wings. Male, fimaller, dark brown, with lines and waves of black. PHatawna Drspar; alis deflexis mafculis grifeo fufcoque nebulofis, foemineis albidis: lituris nigris. . Lin. Syft. Nat.'2. 821. 44. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2 182. 66. —LEnt. Syft. 3. pars. 1. 437.94. Roef. Inf. 1 phal. 2. tab. 3. Reaum. Inf. 2. tab. 1. fig. 1. 14. Merian. Europ. 1. tab. 18. brifth. Inf. t. ¥4. tab. 3. Schaff. Icon. tab. 28. fig. 3—6. Gear, Inf. /2. 102: 0A. That 68 PL Att & @UXH. That the Phalzena Difpar was not uncommonly fcarce about fifteem years ago, is evident from this circumftance, few colle€tions of Britifh infe@ts, that were in the hands of. eminent collectors, are without an Englifh fpecimen, which was procured about that time ; and Harris, in 1775, as well as fome other writers about the fame period, {peak confidently of its being found in this country. Berken- hout, in his Synopfis, fays, it is “¢ frequent about Ealing, in Middle- fex.’”? But this we can, on the beft authority, difpute ; it never was frequent in that place, though it has feveral times been met with, by colleGtors of infe€ts ; a parcel of eggs being obtained from them, and hatching, many caterpillars were procured ; and thefe being carefully attended, -feveral moths were alfo produced. ‘This is not a very extraordinary circumftance, as many of the rareft infects may become common, when the eggs, or a brood of caterpillars, can be difcovered. We are willing to acknowledge, that we have not been more for- tunate in our refearches for the caterpillar or moth of this {fpecies, than any others engaged in the {cience of entomology ; but we have procured from Germany a colleGtion, containing many valuable rarities that have been found in this country at different times ; amongft thefe we have moft perfect and finely preferved {pecimens of Phalena Difpar, in its feveral ftates, and thefe perfectly agree with thofe formerly colleGted in England. Our Plate contains only one figure of the caterpillar, and that is of the female. The male differs only in being fmaller, and in the fize of the head, which is lefs in proportion than that of the female, In this inftance, we truft, any apology will be unneceflary, though the original {pecimens were not found in this country: it muft be an advantage to the work to contain figures of the rareft infects; and fhould any of our readers be fo fortunate as to find the caterpillar, they will be able to determine the fpecies, and the proper food to rear it on; or, if the brood be extinct, the plate will be more interefting, as there cannot remain a doubt of its having been indigenous in _ England. } | {n PLAT EE UCEm: 69’ In foreign countries it is very injurious to gardens, and fruit-trees in particular, Berkenhout fays, it feeds on ‘* Oak, Ath, Apple-trees, &c.” but we are rather inclined to doubt his information, except as to the latter, though he is partly fanctioned by Linnaeus. Geoffroy fays, it feeds on the Elm. i For the time of its appearance we are indebted to Harris ; he fays the caterpillar changed to chryfalis the 11th of July, the moth ap- peared July 31; from which it appears certain that he reared it from the caterpillar. He has not, however, given a figure of it in the Au- relian, or any other of his publications. PLATE IOP LIBRA Hi au NI ERSWY CAI MGRIDGE. MA USA 16+ [ 71 J Pie ate CLXTV. TENTHREDO ROS. HyMENOPTERA;: Wings four, generally membraneous. Tail of the females armed with a fting. GENERIC CHARACTER. Abdomen of equal thicknefs, and clofely connected to the thorax. Sting, ferrated, between two valves. Second wings fhorteft. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Antennz, head, and thorax black, with a yellow fpot on each fide: of the latter. Abdomen yellow. A black {pot on the anterior margin of the wings. TENTHREDO Ros#: antennis feptemnodiis nigra, abdomine flavo, alarum anteriorum cofta nigra. Syft. Ent. 322. 26, Fab. Spec. 1. 413. 39- Tenthredo Rofe antennis clavato, filiformibus nigra abdomine flavo, alarum anticarum cofta nigra. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 925. 3: En. Sv. 1555- Tenthredo crocea thorace fupra, capite alarumque margine exteriori nigris. Geoff. Inf. 2. 272. 40 t Lenthreda 72 PLA Tie CLXIV. Tenthredo flava, antennis clavatis triarticulatis, capite thoraceque nigris, alis anticis nigro maculatis. Degeer. Inf. 2. 2. 279. 28. tab. 39. fig. 27. Merian, Europ. tab. 144. Goed. Inf. 2. tab. 3. Scop. carn. 72.2. Reaum. Inf. §. tab. 14. fig. 10. 126 : Y sean In the larva ftate, this fpecies feeds on the leaves of the Rofe, and from that peculiarity it has received its fignificant fpecific name, vofe. The larva caftsits fkin feveral times before it becomes a pupay its exuviz we frequently find adhering to rofe-leaves. When the Jarva is in its laft fkin it is yellowifh, inclining to orange, with many minute black fpecks, difpofed in ringlets, on every joint; but in the early {tages of its growth we find them of feveral fhades of colours, ‘between green and orange, and fome partake of both colours, and are fpeckled with black, as in the laft fkin. The larva is very tender, and, we fufpeét, is liable to fome diftemper of a very different kind fromi any noticed to affe& other infects; it then appears fickly, and is covered with a whitifh down, or powder, which flies off on the flighteft touch. We have often found the larva of another {pe= cies of the fame genus covered with this kind of white powder, bu; as they always died, it is impoflible to determine to what infect they belonged. In the pupa ftate, the outer cafe is not perfe@ly oval, but rather flattened on the fides; it is generally faftened on a ftalk. ‘The per- fect infe&t is found in great plenty during moft of the fummer months. Several early fyftematic writers placed this infect amongft thofe whofe antennz confifted of feven joints, or articulations: Whence Linnaeus * included the number of the joints with the f{pecific cha- * Ih the laft édition of the Sy? Nat. antennis feptemnodiis, &c.” is changed for ** ontennis clavato filiformibus, é&c.’” fe] met racter 5 PLAT CLXIV. 73 racter ; and in the Species Infeftorum Fubricius has followed the fame arrangement. ‘Though with the affiftance of a microfcope we may difcover in this, and other fpecies, the exact number of the articulations defcribed, yet they are too minute to ferve as part of a good {pecific character, which fhould, if poffible, be fele@ted from the moft confpicuous and peculiar parts of the infect. Fabricius feem, to have been aware of this in his laft work, Entomologia Syftematica* ; and has made a very judicious alteration ; though it appears fingular for a fy{tematic writer to change ‘¢ Antennis filiformibus articulis, 7—g.” for ‘¢ Antennis inarticulatis, extrorfum craffioribus.”’ * Toms 2. p. 109. 180 H wat oie See a ye Shao fan ; algal paoggy 1 yoo: al poise satrnntn aac ‘ a reed dinates: tedbais ihe Re gs nash aie age anes Metin Md ri : shore Ms Pet, Ay? ee CLA. PHALANA OXYACANT HE. Eainc’s GLory. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft, Fly by night. Noétua. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Firft wings, dark brown, with two large irregular {pots of white and reddifh colour, and a broad fpace of the fame next the exterior margin: in feveral parts a fpeckling of fine blueifh a Second wings, and body, plain brown. PuaLrzana OxyacaNnTH#: criftata alis deflexis bimaculatis : mar- gine tenuiori coerulefcente ; lunula alba. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 852. 65.—Fn. Sv. 12076 Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 232. 114.—Ent. Syft, Tom. 3. pars. 2 p. 93-277. Wien. Verz. 70. 3. Reef. Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab. 33. Wilks. pap. 12. tab I. ¢. Vo The 46 PLAT B @LXV. The caterpillar of this fpecies is found on the White Thorn, in April ; in May it becomes a pupa: the moth does not appear before September. i It will be readily conjectured, from its Englifh name, to be more frequently taken: about Ealing, in Middlefex, than elfewhere, though it is not peculiar, like fome infects, to one place only. The cater= pillar is fmooth, or without any hairs ; it eats ravenoufly, is very fluggifh, and forms a fine filky web, in the ground, in which it paffes to the pupa ftate *. We find the moth very liable to variation in cclours ; in fome fpecimens the green is very brilliant, in others the red ; and again, in others, the lunar white marks are very con- fpicuous. In fome fpecimens, natives of warm countries, we have feen them finer coloured than thofe from the northern parts of Europe. * In the plate of this fpecies in Roeel’s German Infedtsy the filky cone of the pupa is drawn in the convex part of a leaf. ale = : \ pe ay rom a eS Sl < : Shap ; cas pe Li} bac : : = Soy anes see Oe, = Re 2 ‘ ae A D. be ee - ra ne = a6 | - ae ; Eee Z ‘ . ‘ : S ok ee oes ee eee ee 166 = ra ons: ¢. 482 Nice nates LS NS awe, Ways ONT ey mae Pe. Ay T. Evo CLXVE. LIBELLULA GRANDIS. Larcest Dracon FLiy. ¢ NEUROPTERA. Wings four, naked, tranfparent, reticulated with veins, or nerves. Tail without a fting. GENERIC CHARACTER. Mouth always armed with more than two jaws. Antennz fhorter than the thorax. Wingsexpanded. ‘Tail of the male forked. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Thorax brown, with two oblique lines of yellow on each fide. Abdomen red-brown, with white fpots. Wings with a marginal {pot. LipeLLuta Granpis: alis glaucefcentibus, thoracis lineis qua- tuor flavis. Lyn. Syf?. Nat. 2. 903. 9. Fn. Sv. 1467. AESHANA GRANDIS: thorace lineis quatuor flavis, corpore varie- gato. Fab. Sy/?. Ent. 424. 2.—Spec. Inf. 2. p- 525-133. 2.—LEnt. Syft. T. 2. Pr Boas 2.’ Libellula fulua, alis flavefcentibus, thoracis lateribus lineis duabus flavis, fronta flavefcente, cauda diphylla. Geoff, Inf. 2. 227+ 126 I Libellula ae) ORL AW By OLX. Libellula fufca, capite rotundato, thorace lineolis quatuor tranfverfis luteis, alis flavicantibus, abdomine cylindrico. Degeer. Inf. 2.2. 45. tab. 20. fig. 6. Libellula maxima vulgatiffima, alis argenteis. Raj. Inf..48. 1. Roef. Inf. 2. Aqu. 2. tab. 2. fig. 1. 23 Scheff. Icon. tab. 2. fig. 4. Ad. Nidros. 3. 412. tab. 6. fig. g. If we except a very fmall number of exotic Libellule, L. Grandis is the largeft infet of the genus known: it is certainly the largeft of the European fpecies. It is not uncommon in woods; but never flies far from the water. In the larva ftate it lives im the water, and, like others of the fame genus already defcribed im this work, does not quit it till it becomes a winged creature. In the larva ftate it alfo refembles in its manners thofe voracious infects that devour fmaller infefts, and in the winged {tate it takes moths and other weak infets in its flight. Is found in moft of the fummer months. PEATE y 167 t 79 4 Pe ROB eve, STAPHYLINUS RIPAREUS. Bank Rove-BEETLE. ~- . COLEOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz moniliform*, Elytra not more than half the length of the abdomen. Wings concealed. Tail armed with two oblong veficles. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Red-brown. Shells blue. Head and end of the abdomen blade StapHytinus Riparius: Lin. Sy/t. Nat. n. 8. p. 684. Ed. 13. n.Q. p. 2038.—Fn. Sv. n. 846. Staphylinus gregarius. Seep. Carn. n. 308. ic. 308. Staphylin de rivages. Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 28. 1. 14. tab. 1. fig. 18. Geoffr. Inf. 1. n. 21. p. 369. Paykuill. monogr. Staphyl. 2. 19. p. 27. Schiff. Icon. Inf. Ratifb. tab. 71. fig. 3. Harrer Befchr. d. Schaff. Inf. 1. Th. n. ALT. p. 253. Paperus Ripartus: rufus elytris coeruleis, capite abdominifque apice nigris. Lab. Sy/?. Ent. 1. p. 168.— Spec. Inf. T. 1. p. 339.—Mant. Inf. 1. p. 223.——Ent. Syft. 2. p. 536. Der Strandttraubenkafer. Der Uferraubkafer. Panz. Faun. Inf. . Germ. Inhalt des neunten Hefts. tab. 11. * Like a necklace of fmall beads. — I 2 The 80 PLAT E)) CLAVIL The Staphylini were formerly known among Englifh colleGors by the general appellation Rove-Beetles; we have in the prefent inftance adopted this Englifh name, and added the only fpecific diftin€tion which occurs likely to convey the meaning of Linnzus, when he named it Rzparius. All the infe&ts of this genus are very voracious. The larvz fo much refemble the perfect infects, that they can hardly be diftinguifhed from them. Svaphylinus Riparius is found in moft parts of Europe. It frequents moift fandy places, and the fides of banks. Found in May. ‘The natural fize and magnified appearance is given in the annexed plate. PLATE Ac ? j } 5 bebe UNVERSI CAMBRIDGE. MA USA fe 7 1608 [ee ig PL A ¥ E. CLXVUI. PHALANA SATELLITIA. SATELLITE Mora. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. Noétua. SPECIFIC CHARACTER | AND SYNONYMS, Firft wings, exterior margin indented: reddifh brown with feveral dark ftreaks acrofs: in the center a yellow {pot between two fmaller white fpots. Second wings greyifh. PHALANA SATELLITIA: criftata alis deflexis dentatis brunneis: anticis puncto flavo inter punctula duo alba. ab. Spec. Inf. 2. 230. 104. Lin. Syft. Nat. 2. 855. 176. Reef. Inf. 3. tab. 50. aa en The caterpillar ‘of this moth feeds on whitethorn, currant and goofeberry-trees, &c. The chryfalis or pupa is enclofed in a ftrong web of a greyifh colour; it is of a dark brown colour. The cater- pillar is found in June. In July or Auguft, the moth comes forth. The upper wings of this moth have a very ftriking characteriltic ; that is, the yellowifh lunar mark within two fmall {pots: front this character it has been aptly named Satelliti; and in Englifh, the Sa- tellite Moth. 13 PLA iE NY he N Ve. Nala han sfreateea tie v th <3 z. Pre! } shy me oS A > 2 RG De RN OR AD eee y a Mow ae xpi) re ui sageinvetnnyd (Wesun ‘ ss eh LE Ae) ¥! -s ahs aioe) gle vo - 120. tai TARR her wri Tage ‘uy eRe er) : aS OSE 3 ots) eth 7. h, wk ay E. MA USA Aaa, Le ety . w! ’ i * MCZ LIRR S We ips 9 i ry i Syn te HAR’ CAMBRID« 169 t 733% J PUA Te CEXIX. PAPILIO CARDAMINES. OrANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY, OF, Woop Lapy. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz terminate in a club. Wings erect whenat reft. Flyin day-time. eee ee * * Yanai Candidi. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings rounded, edges very flightly fcalloped. Above white, ex- terior half of the upper wings orange ; with a black fpot in the centre. Underfide of under wings marbled with green. Female has no orange tip. PapILLIOo CARDAMINES: alis rotundatis integerrimus albis: pof- ticis fubtus viridi marmoratis. Lin. Sy/?. Nat. 2.761. 85.—Fn. Sv. 1039. Papitio minor alis exterioribus albis macula infigni crocea fplenden- tibus, interioribus fuperne albis, fubtus viridi colore variegatis. Raj. Inf. 115. Reef. Inf. pap. 2. tab. 8. i Scheff. Icon. tab. gt. fig. 1. 3 Elem. tab. 94. fig. 8. I4 PAPILIO hua PLATE CLXK. Paritio Carpamines. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 43. 179. Hafn. Icon. tab. 9. fig. 1. Efp. pap. ¥. tab. 4. fig. 1. tab. 2.7. figs 26 Wilk. pap. 2. p. 50. tab. ae §. Robert. Icon. tab. 21. Lady of the Woods. Harris. a a Re This pretty Butterfly may be taken in great abundance in the month of May. ‘The caterpillar is found on various kinds of grafs and low herbage: Harris fays it feeds on Wild Cole; and other writers mention, Thlafpi Burfa Paftoris*, and Cardamine Pra- tenfisT. The male infe& only, has the bright orange colour on the wings, the female is white, with fome few marks of black: the underfide is beautifully marbled and mottled with green in both fexes. The Caterpillar is common in May and June, and a Iater brood is found in July ; about the latter end of which month it becomes a chryfalis: In May following the Butterfly is produced. * Sbhepberd’s Purfe. + Common Lady’s Smock, or Cuckow-flower. PLATE ON BC RRA RY 1 BAR VA DULY BRPREY: oo . CAMBRIDGE. MA US fst I P LAD Be oCLXIX. PHALENA SAMBUCARIA. SWALLOW-TAIL Morn. LiriDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night, ' Geometra. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONTMS. Wings angulated, pale yellow, with two tranfverfe lines on each. Second wings with a tail each, and two black fpots, PHALENA SAMBUCARIA: pectinicornis, alis caudato angulatis flavefcentibus, ftrigis duabus obfcuriori- bus, pofticis apice bipunctatis. Lin. Sy/t. Nat, 2. 860. 203.—n. Sv. 122. Phalena feticornis fpirilinguis, alis patentibus fulphureis, linea duplici tranfverfa obfcuriori, inferioribus caudatis. Geoff. Inf. 2. 138. 58. Phalena 86 PLA TRE CLXIX. Phalena media ochroleucos, alis ampliffimis, exterioribus duabus lineis tranfverfis, e fulvo virentibus, in- terioribus, una divifis. Raj. Inf. 177. 1. Phalena antennis filiformibus, alis latis angulatis luteis, {trigis duabus obfcurioribus. Degeer Inf. Verf. Germ. 2. 1.327. 3. Albin Inf. tab. 94. Reef. Inf. 1 phal. 3. tab. 6. Petiv. Gazoph. tab. 51. fig. 6. Wilks pap. 38. tab. 1. 6. 2. Clerk. Icon. tab. 50. fig. 2. Scheff. Icon. tab. 93. fig. 8. Sepp. Inf..6. 1. tab. i. Wien Verz. 103. 1. Infeéts, when in the larva flate, have various means of prote¢t- ing, or concealing themfelves from other fpecies that would annoy them, as well as from birds who prey onthem. This remark is partly juftified by the fubje&t of our annexed plate, the larva of which we find is not furnifhed with any means of defence when attacked: nor of agility to run away, or fectete itfelf from its enemies ; but to compenfate for this, nature has formed it with a fkin of fuch a colour, and ftru€ture, that its greateft fafety is in its inaction. We frequently fee it faftened by its hind feet to a {mall twig or branch in fuch a pofture, that unlefs it moves, it is fcarcely poflible to difcover it. It is fometimes in an ereét pofition, at others with its head downwards, but in an oblique pofition ; and, as it hangs in this manner, without the leaft appearance of life for a confiderable time, it exa€tly refembles a {mall twig of the branch to which. it is attached. _ The PAA THE CUXIX. 87 The caterpillars are not uncommon in April, or early ‘in May. It feeds on feveral plants ; particularly, when in confinement, it prefers bramble, or white thorn. It is found in the winged ftate in June, fo that it remains a very fhort time in chryfalis. PLAT ee I 89 ] PL ate CUR: PHALENA FRAXINI. CLIFDEN NON-PAREIL. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. No&tua. Wings fealloped, grey, with tranfverfe undulated bands of black ; in the centre of the wing ;- fecond wings black, with a broad curved band of blue acrofs the middle. Puatzna Fraxini: criftata, alis dentatis cinereo nebulofis: pof-. ticis fupra nigris: fafcia czrulefcente. Lin, Syft. Nat. 2. 843. 125. Fn. Sv. 1165. Fab. Syft. Ent. 602. 51.—Spec. Inf. 2. 221. 72.—Ent. Syft. Nat. T. 3. p. 2- 55: 152- Phalena {eticornis fpirilinguis, alis deflexis, fuperioribus cinereo fufcoque, undulatis, inferioribus nigris, fafcia tranfverfa coerulea. Geof. Inf. 2. 151. 9a Roef. Inf. 4. tab. 28. fig. 1. Merian Europ. tab. 46. Ammir. Inf. tab. 25. Wilk. pap. 45. tab. 1» a. % Fyefl. Arch. tab. 15. fig. 1. 2 Wien. Verz. Qo. 2. From. 90 PLATE €LXXx. From the Englifh name given to this beautiful and extremely {carce moth, we learn that it has been taken at Clifden: we have alfo heard of its being found in other parts of England ; and, if we can rely on our information, a fpecimen was taken in July, 1795, in the fields. We have never underftood that the larva had been found in this country. Feeds on the ath tree. PLATE tin IF LR Erinal Homalerclam, PLA foe, CLXX THE CAT TER Pile AR AND CHRYSALIS oy: PHALENA FRAXINI. ‘The rarity of this fubjec&t muft plead our apology for the liberty we have taken in introducing it into our work. It is the only in- {tance in which we have given place to a copy from the works of others of any fubject, however rare. have in our poffeffion a preferved {pecimen of the caterpillar of Phalzna Fraxini, fent from Germany ; but as it is of that kind in which the colours and form cannot be preferved well, we have preferred giving an exact copy of the caterpillar as well as chryfalis, from the works of a refpecta- ble, but little known author, Ammiral. This author appears to have been fingularly fortunate in prefenting a igure of the caterpillar, when the accurate Reefel did not publith a figure of the moth till his fourth volume, and was not then in poffeflion of the caterpillar. Some of our readers will be perhaps furprifed to find that our figures precifely agree with thofe contained in the Aurelian of our countryman Harris; but whoever pofleffes the plates of Ammiral, will find that in the moft minute parts of Harris’s plates, he has only traced and reverfed the originals of Ammira/ throughout ; and in many inftances by a clumfy imitation, in reverfing the foliage and flies, _ has even fpoilt the effect, and loft fight of thie accuracy of them. PLAT & pl fear aia 1 wei te + Aleve ; . ie oi aoa | pt gntateny “Amul. : genre % es Gu 915 oo “i fu bars ie site, adh 3 ; ARB UN tan any’ BRIDGE. MA USA 178 f° 93 4] Poet E CLXXIL PAPILIO VIRGAYRES, Scarce Copper BuTTERFLY, LEPIDOPTERA. Papilio ruralis. Lin. Hefperia ruralis. “ad. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne terminated in a club. Wings, when at reft, ereét, Fly by day. SPECIFIG) CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings angulated. Upperfide of a fine bronze, or red copper colour, with a black margin. Underfide light brown, with feveral white fpots, fome having a black fpeck near the middle. Pavers RURALIS VinGAURE. Lin. Sy/t. Nat. n. 253+ p- 793- edit. 12. nN. 253. p. 2359-—Faun, Suec. 1. 1079» Papilio ruralis Virgaurea. Fab. Syft. Ent. n. 569. p. 126.— Spec. laf. 2. 569. p. 126.—Mant. Inf. Bub A Pay FFs e K FHefperia o> MBA 6 ce: Hefperia ruralis Virgaureg: alis fubangulatis fulvis: margine atro, fubtus punétis, nigris albifque. Fab. Lint. Syft. 4.173. p» 309 Le Bronzé, Geojr. Inf, 2: 35. ps 6s. Papil. d’ Europ. tab. 44. n. 92. Efper eur. Schmett. 1. Th. tab, 19. fe. 2 Borkhaufen eur. Schmett, 1. Th. 1. p. 1Ae. et p. 269. Syft. Verz. d. W. Schmett. 1. p. 8a. L’Argus fatiné. Lrnft. Der Goldrathenfalter. Der Feverpapilion. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. A fpecimen of this very fuperb and rare butterfly has been taken at Cambridge. It has always had a place in the cabinets of Englifh collectors of confequence ; but we cannot learn by whom it was firft difcovered in this country. Papilia Virgaurez and Papilio Hip- pothoe, has been frequently confounded with each other; but on a comparifon, a material difference will be difcovered. Harris has made one error, which it is of importance to the Englifh collector to correct ; he fays, ‘‘ Papilio Virgauree, copper, feeds on grafs, found in June and Auguft in meadows, is fhining copper, {potted with black.” From this it appears he could mean no other than the common copper butterfly, which is found in Sune and Au- guft in meadows, Papilio Phileas; for though the fcarce copper piteray was.probably found in his tyme, it muft have been very rare 3 Bie AT B CLO. 95 rare; and he would not havesomitted in his catalogue of Englifh Lepidoptere, to mention an infect fo common as Papilio Phleas, if he had noticed the other. He has alfo the fame error in his Aurelian, PLE ARE”, beg | PILATE GLYSIV. BUPRESAAIS VER TD 1S: GREEN BUuPRESTIS. COLEOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz fetaceous, and as long as the Thorax. Head drawn within the Thorax. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Linear, fhining blue and green in fhades, a few exceedingly minute fpots fprinkled over fome parts. BuPRESTIS VIRIDIS: elytris integerrimis linearibus punatus, cor- pore viridi elongato. Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. 281. 54.— Syft. Ent. 223. 38.—Linn. Syft. Nat. 2.663. 25.— Fn. Sv. 762. Bupreftis viridis nitida, corpore elongato, elytris linearibus fcabris integerrimus. Degeer. Inf. 4. 1. 33. 6. tab. 5. [eT ; Cucuius viridi cupreus oblongus. Geoff. Inf. 1. 127. §. Mordella ferraticornis. Scop. Carn. 190. The Larva of this Infe&t feeds on the Birch-tree (Betula Alba). It is rarely met with in England; and if we may form any opinion from the filence of Naturalifts, it is not common in any part of Europe. F. I. Natural fize. L PLAWE webs tobe i aera beta old gris ‘naa biokdnine anne sun nay traanaatt © ’ Pea! 0), WN Lange L 99 ] PLATE CLXXY, PHALANA SCH AF FERELLA. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. TINEA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. _ Firft wings orange, with fpots and ftripes of filver: a deep black fringe. Second wings pale black. Tings SCH&FFERELLA: Lina. Sy/f?. Nat. 2. 898. 443.—Fu. Su. 1409. . TINEA SCHZFFERELLA: aliis nigris: difco flavo; ftrigis lineis duabus punctifque tribus argenteis. Fab. Spec. Inf- 2. 303. 79.—Ent. Syft. Tom. 3. p. 2. 322. 155. Linnzus fays this beautiful little Infe&t feeds on the Chefnut. We found it on the Tanfey, in May, 1796. It has not been figured by any author that has fallen under our in- fpection ; and the Synonyms given by Fabricius, in his laft work, refer only to the defcription given by Linnxus, and Wren. Verz. * 138. 21.—The fpecific name was adopted by Linnzus, and continued - * Catalogue of Infeéts found near Vienna. ) Day by { 100 PLA Toh CLARY. by Fabricius, in honour of Scheffer, Author of the Infeéta Ra- tifbonenfia, and Fundamenta Entomologica. Quarto. 1747. The natural fize of this Infe&t is given at the bottom of the Plate ; and as it was too minute to admit of the elegant colouring of the original, two figures of its magnified appearance is given above, one in its refting pofition, the other with the Wings ex- panded. PLATE [ 101 ] Pi LoA LE. CLXXVE NOTONECTA STRIATA. STRIATED Boat Fty. HEMIPTERA. Upper Wings femi-cruftaceous, not divided by a ftraight future, but incumbent on each other. Beak curved downward. GENERIC CHARACTER. Beak infle&ted. Antenne fhorter than the Thorax. Wings croffed. Hind Feet hairy, and formed for fwimming. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Depreffed. Head and Legs yellow; reft pale brown, with nume- rous minute fpots and ftreaks of dark brown. Noronecta Striata. Lin. Syf?. Nat. 2. 712. 2.—Su. 9o4. SIGARA STRIATA: elytris pallidis: lineolis tranfverfis undulatis numerofiflimis fufcis. ab. Spec. Inf.—Ent. Syft. Dis 4: 207, Be Corixa. Geoffr. Inf. t. 478. 1. tab. OF fiz. 7. Stoll. Cicad. 2. tab. 15. fig. 13. B. Reef. Inf. 3. tab. 29. Scheff. Elem. tab. 50. Icon. tab. 97. figs 2 Fyefl. Helvet. 25. 469. L 2 There 102 PL: ALT 4 CLXXYVL There are two varieties of this fpecies: one kind being at leaft twice the fize of the other; in every other refpect they perfectly agree. “This Infect iscommonly feen on ftill waters, in the Summer; when they caufe a gentle agitation of the furface, by the quicknefs of their motions, and row along on their back, with their hinder legs, which are formed for {wimming. Both kinds are fhown in the Plate, Fic. i. and UI. | Fic. III. is the largeft fort magnified to exhibit the curious markings of the Elytra. PLAT & . An phils , | T | r) veeT | Pik Toby CLARE. CE! & C JAG) Bae oe he RR. 4a be PHALENA PINE. ‘We have introduced in the annexed plate, figures of the Cater- pillars of Phalena Pini, copied from the works of the two moft accurate entomologifts that have defcribed or figured the infects of any part of the European continent; and though unfortunately the defcriptions are written in a language fo little underftood as to be wholly ufelefs; the figures are very interefling. In this inftance we have deviated no more from our original plan than when we intro- duced the larva of Sphinx Euphorbia, and Phalena Fraxini; and we flatter ourfelves in thus endeavouring to give the hiftory of a rare infect complete, the approbation expreffed by our fubfcribers, on former occafions, will not be withheld on the prefent. Roefel, in 1746, publifhed the Infeéten Beltuftigung; in which work we find a figure of the Caterpillar of Phalzna Pini: it accords with the defcription given by Fabricius; perhaps the defcription was taken from Roefel’s plate. ‘ Larva fubcaudata, albo grifeo fufcoque variegata, collaribus coeruleis: pun@lis utrinque rufis.” fab. Syl. 1. 2. p. 2. 426. 62. Kleeman, the relation and fucceffor of Roefel, in the third part of chis fupplement, Plate 6. fig. 7*. has {hewn the Caterpillar of this * Publifhed in 1793: L 4 infec a 104 PLAT@: CLXXVE infe&t in another fkin, or probably it is the Caterpillar of the male, Roefel having only the female in his works; in this fpecimen the colours are bright, and it is particularly diftinguifhed by the collar being red inftead of blue.—As this part of his work is fearcely known, and has not yet been noticed by Fabricius, we cannot collect the opinion of any fyftematical writer, whether it be the other fex, or only a different fkin. y The pupa we received with the moths; and the eggs figured in plate 178, were taken from the body of ‘the female. PLATE } x A UA MAL PO aft So Sa, 178 [105 J PLATE CLXXVIIL PHALANA PINI. Pine Lappet Mora. LEPIDOPTERA. ; GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. . Bombyx. Antennz of the male feathered. SPECIFIC CHARACTER ; AND SYNONYMS. Firft wings grey, {peckled with brown: a broad fpace of red brown acrofs each, and a triangular white {pot near the anterior margin. Bomeyx. Pint: alis reverfis grifeis: fafcia ferruginea punctoque triangulari albo. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2. 814. 24.—Fn. Sv. 1104.—Fab. Syft. Ent. 3. p. 2: 426. 62. Merian. Europ. tab. 22. Wilks. pap. 29. tab. 3. b. 5. Reaef. Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab. 59. Scheff. Icon. tab. 86. fig..1—3. Kleman. Inf. 2. Suppl. pl. 6. fi. 7- The Pine Lappet Moth is one of thofe fpecies of infects, that we ean have no doubt are natives of this country, from the concurrent i ° teflimony 106 PL A‘w’ Barciex evil, teftimony of the refpectable authors; though from the fcarcity of many amongit them, we {fhould be fcarcely inclined to admit them into an Englifh collection without fuch authority. Perhaps the ra- rity of fome of thofe infects fhould be rather attributed to the little attention beftowed on the fcience of Entomology by fuch as refide in parts of the kingdom that are moft favourable to the increafe of infects in general ; or to thofe particularly rare fpecies that are local, _ or feed only on plants of one kind; fuch as the Sphinx Euphorbia, and many others. | Wilks has given the Pine Lappet Moth in the third plate of the Englifh butterflies. Harris has not figured it in the Aurelian*, but in the Pocket Companiont he not only defcribes it amongft the Englith Lepidoptera, but fays, the time of its changing into Chry- falis is ay, and that it appears in the winged ftate in June; from this we muft fuppofe, that he had reared it from the Caterpillar. Berkenhout, in his fynopfis of the natural hiftory of Great Britain, has given it without hefitation as an Englifh infect; and the autho- rity of a little tract on infeCts, by Martin§, may be adduced as a further confirmation of its being a native of this country. This Infe@ is not uncommon in Germany. Scheffer has figured it amongft the infe€ts that are to be found in the environs of Ra- tifbon; and Roefel, without confidering it a local fpecies, has given it as a native of Germany. Whether it is found in other parts of Europe, éxcept Switzerland and Germany, we cannot decide; but we have the precife fpecies from Georgia in North America. “We obferve a confiderable difference between the colouring of this moth in the works of "Schaffer and Reefel, which is the more re- markable, as they both defcribe the infeéts of the fame country; the figure given by the latter is much darker in the chefnut colour, and the grey has no appearance of an intermixture of red f{pecks and markings, like that figured in Scheffer, which inclines very much to red or flefh colour throughout. Roefel has only figured the female ; Scheffer has given both fexes. ®% Publifhed in 1766. + 3778s Tt 1789. § 1785. PLATE MCZ Werary.. - FARM S: UNIVERSETY, CAMBRIDGE, MA USA 17) i” te7- 73 PLAT Be ‘CEXXDe PHALENA OO. Heart Morn. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at eft. Fly by night. Noctua. Antenne like a briftle. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS, Wings buff, {treaked, and marked with red-brown: anda double o in the middle of upper wings. . Nocrva Oo: criftata alis deflexis cinerafcentibus ferrugineo ftri- gofis oo notatis, Lin, Sy/t. Nat. 2. 832. 81.—Fn. Su. 1130. Fab. Syft. Ent. t. 3. p. 2. 247. Wien. Verz. 87.1. Reef. Inf. 1. Phal. 2. tab. 63. ST a ea ETNA TTT TAS This Moth is far from,common. It is found on the oak, in the Caterpillar ftate, late in the fummer; changes to chryfalis in the firft week 108 PL AcT & CLXXIX. week of October; the fly appears late in April, or early in May. Harris greatly miftook the meaning of Linneus, when ‘¢ Linnean name, Sphinx Qo.” — he fays,. PLATE MC? LIBRARY HARVARD MONT EReTY [ 109 q PidoicdedD Gin -ELYRE. ASILUS CRABRONIFORMIS. Hornet F iy. DiprerRa. Wings, two. GENERIC CHARACTER. ‘Trunk horny? long ftraight, bivalved. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. , Body hairy ; the three fegments next the thorax black, the four others yellow. ; ASILUS €RABRONIFORMIS: abdomine tomentofo antice fegmentis tribus nigris poftice flavo inflexo. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 461. 5.—Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 1007. 4. Afilus ferrugineus abdominis articulis prioribus_atris, pofteribus quatuor flavis, Geoff. Inf. 2. 468. 3. tab. 17. fiz. 2: Afius fubhirfutus, antennis fetigeris, abdomine antice nigro poftice flavo fulvo. Degeer. Inf. 6.244. 7. tab. 14. HB. 3: Mufca maxima crabroniformis. Raj. Inf. 267. Erax crabroniformis. Scop. carn. 974. Schaffer. Icon. tab. 8. fig. 15. - Elem. tab. 33. This 16 GPL A T Bs CIRKXX. This is 2 very confined genus. Fabricius in the Species Infectorum defcribes only thirty-three kinds; of thefe not more than eight are natives of this country. The Afilus Crabroniformis is the largeft, and is not uncommon in fome places in the fummer, particularly frequenting wet meadows, and flying bufily about the middle of the day amongft flowers. Its probofcis is a curious inftrument ; aie fting of it is very painful, and caufes a fwelling. PLATE eM N, OA NT Noe x, TO ¥ ODL. COLEOPTERA. : ) Plate Scarabeus Lunaris - - - 154 Nobilis, Scarce Green Chaffer a 154 Attelabus curculinoides - = - 149 Bupreftis viridis - - “ 174 Dytifcus marginalis, Large Boat Beas . 161 Staphylinus riparius, Bank Rover, or Rove Beetle 167 HEMIPTERA. Gryllus Gryllotalpa. Mole Cricket us 147 Notoneéta ftriata, ftriated Boat fly « 176 LEP DD Or? ERA, Papilio Rhamni, Brimftone Butterfly = 145 wee Cardamines, Wood Lady, or ct Butterfly = e 169 M Papilio 1 UN Gen xe Papilio virgaurex, fcarce Copper Butterfly Sphinx ftellatarum, Humming Bird Sphinx Phalena Difpar, Gipfey Moth Pini, Pine Lappet Moth : —— Larva - Potatoria, Drinker Moth Pudibunda, Light Tuffock Moth ——— Verficolora, Kentifh Glory Moth ——— Fraxini, Clifden Nonpareil Caterpillar “ ——— Aurantiago, Orange Moth ——— Marginata = e —— Oo, Heart Moth iS ——— Oxyacanthe, Ealing’s Glory Moth ——— Satellitia. Satellite Moth fambucaria - ——— euphorbiata - Uddmanniana f- ——— {quamana, Green tufted, or Button Moth ——— Bergmanniana s carnella, Rofe vanear Moth Schefferella = ~ NEUROPTERA. Libellula grandis. Large Dragon Fly Aefculi, Wood Leopard Moth >: Plate — Fig. a7 Bb) 163 178 177 148 160 158 152 171 172 150 150 Subs) 165 168 170 153 Ee) 154 1.2.2. TS) ie 157 I—6, L$3 as 175 ' 166 HYMENOP- Tenthredo rofe Apis tumulorum, Long-horned Bee Mufca bombylans - brafficaria — - hypoleon Tabanus pluvialis - trilineata HYMENOPTERA. Afilus crabroniformis Bombylius medius Onifcus aquaticus Lepifma polypoda TN Oi Ee Xe Phalangium bimaculatum Asanea cinerea — extenfa globofa DIPTERA. = oo DPE ROAS Plate 164 ISL 151 tsi 146 151 151 180 146 59 162 156 156 156 156 Fig. WAN os -& ° Seas ALPHA- Ms Nala Foie Pa Alt ara Hi | pa sy uty ty | yk ‘i re eer) Pay AA aa fi ap i Pa aie Weeetnn A PN Y jenny Nah tas ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO We Outs ay: Aefculi Phalena, Wood Leopard Moth ~ Aquaticus, Onifcus - - o Aurantiago, Phalzna - = a Bergmanniana, Phalzna - = Bimaculatum, Phalangium - a Bombylans, Mufca_ - = » Brafficaria, Mufca ss - + a cardamines, Papilio, Orange Tip Butterfly carnella, Phalena, Rofe Vanear Moth cinerea, Aranea 2 ~ 33 crabroniformis, Afilus — + a curculionides, Attelabus = + difpar, Phalzena, Gipfey Moth ns is euphorbiata, Phalena - 2 : extenfa, Aranea - 2 = fraxini, Phalena, Clifden Nonerel - Larva - = “s globofa, Abnes = s grandis, Libellula, Large Tecan Fly - gryllotalpa, Gryllus, Mole cricket - hypoleon, Mufca Beate s a Junaris, Scarabeus = & marginata, Phalena “ _ marginalis, Dytifcus es as medius, Bombylius a - nobilis, Scarabzus . as 2 I. 253s DPN DD! Eke Oo, Phalena, Heart Moth: Oxyacanthez, Phalzna, Ealing’s Glory Moth - Pini, Phalena, Pine Lappet Moth Larva - pluvialis, Tabanus polypoda, Lepifma potatoria, Phalena, Drinker Moth pudibunda, Phalzna, Light Tuffock Rhamni, Papilio, Brim{tone Butterfly riparius, Staphylinus Rofx, Tenthredo fambucaria, Phalena, Brimftone Butterfly fatellitia, Phalzena, Satellite Moth Schefferella, Phalzna fquamana, Phalena, Green Button Moth ftellatarum, Sphinx ftriata, Notonecta, Striated Boat Fly trilineata, Mufca tumulorum, Apis, Long Horned Bee verficolora, Phalena, Kentifh Glory Moth ye virgauree, Papilio, Scarce Copper Butterfly viridis, Bupreftis = uddmanniana, Phalena = = Plate ao 165 178 Ey, 151 162 148 160 145 167 164. 170 168 175 157 155 176 151 151 158 Eis 174 Ash Fig. 2e ERRATA. 6 ERRATA. Page 85, for Plate 169, read Plate 170. Page 89, ame 170, — I7I. Page go, line5, ‘ter fields, add near Hoxton. Page 91, for Plaie 171, read Plate 172. Page 93, -—————-._ 1172, ———-——— 173. 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